Emily arrived in DC with the kids around eleven that day. Tony was exhausted because he had fallen asleep at five thirty and baby Jack had woken him up an hour later. At least he had a good laugh with Gibbs over warm milk. As lame as that sounded. After the night before anything that would make him laugh and feel relaxed was good. At least Jimmy was going to be OK. Emily's van pulled into Gibbs's driveway and she climbed out followed by Dylan and Carly.

"Hello Tony" Dylan greeted.

"What up playa?" Tony asked.

"My mom is going to be working at Stillwater Elementary next year and I will be in the fourth grade there." Dylan explained.

"Great" Tony replied.

"I remember fourth grade at Stillwater Elementary. Mrs. Williamsburg red hair loved boats and tools. I remember asking her to marry me on the last day of school." Gibbs commented walking out of the house.

"Did she say yes Boss?" Tony asked.

"She said she would love to but her husband would have objections to that." Gibbs replied.

"That's too bad Boss." Tony replied.

"Hi Tony!" Carly cried.

"Hi Carly how's my best girl?" Tony asked.

"I'm good I am going to be in second grade." Carly replied excitedly.

"Smart girl alright." Tony replied.

"I see my kids have already shared their news." Emily greeted.

"Yeah I am really proud of both of them." Tony replied.

"They are great kids. So has there been an update on Jimmy since we last spoke?" Emily asked.

"No but I haven't talked to Ducky and he said he would only call if there was a drastic change in condition." Tony explained.

"I really hope he pulls through without too many lasting effects." Emily commented.

"Me too he has suffered enough." Tony replied.

"I still can't believe Breena is gone. She was like my best friend. The fact that somebody could be that cruel. It was a closed casket and I couldn't go to NCIS to see the body but Ducky and Ed both described it to me. Poor Ed everybody has tried to reach him but he is just so lost. I don't think he's capable of letting anybody in he just loved her so much." Emily sobbed.

"I know I can't imagine what he and Jimmy must be going through. Don't ever leave me any of you. I love you all too much." Tony replied pulling Emily, Dylan, Carly, and Gibbs who was carrying baby Jack into a tight hug."

"We won't." Emily replied.

"She's right Tony." Gibbs replied.

"Yeah" Carly added.

"We're a family now." Dylan finished.

Gibbs hated to leave with Jimmy in the hospital and Emily just arriving to DC but he needed to get back to Stillwater. He hoped that the whole town wouldn't be swayed by Adam's attitude. At least he liked the kid running against him for sheriff. It was still so strange to Gibbs that he was running for sheriff of Stillwater. When he was a kid a Marine who never came back to his hometown was the only life for him. He would have never guessed he would be a former fed who wanted a job that would keep him in Stillwater until he was an old man and maybe the rest of his life. He also until recently had still thought of his dad as immortal. His dad had been through as many traumatic injuries and tragedies as he had and now he was just gone. It really put it all in perspective for him. At least Jack had gotten to meet and hold his great-grandson and namesake. Gibbs arrived to Stillwater and was greeted by Max who was waiting outside the store.

"Hi Gibbs." Max greeted.

"Hey Max." Gibbs replied.

"How are you holding up?" Max asked.

"Better" Gibbs replied.

"Good how is Tony and his little family?" Max asked.

"They are doing well Emily and him are engaged now." Gibbs replied.

"Good they are a great couple and he loves her kids. Wait I thought they were already married. Are they renewing their vows?" Max asked.

"Come inside there is something that you need to know." Gibbs replied.

"What is going on? Why could we not talk outside?" Max asked.

"Tony is not my nephew." Gibbs replied.

"Did you knock up that Lisa girl you were dating?" Max questioned.

"No he is not related to me at all. He was an agent on my team when I was with NCIS and Emily and him were just dating until recently. Jack is the only kid who is his the older two are from Emily's first marriage. Emily's daughter was in a fire and Tony ran in to save her. In doing this he badly burned his lungs. They were already scarred from him having the plague a few years ago and they were pretty much destroyed in the fire." Gibbs explained.

"Whoa he had the plague?" Max gasped.

"Yeah biological attack in two thousand five." Gibbs replied.

"Why couldn't you tell this story to everybody?" Max questioned.

"That guy Adam who died he was after Tony." Gibbs replied.

Ducky sat by his assistants bedside. While he wasn't in a drug induced coma. The medicine the doctors had given him. Left him pretty out of it. He was still in bad shape but he had already drastically improved since the night before. He was going to be in the hospital for at least a couple of weeks. Most likely followed by time in a rehab hospital. When he finally came home he would return to Ducky's house. Where things would be very different Jimmy would in therapy, Ducky would be in charge of all of his pills, and once he was strong enough Ducky was going to insist that Jimmy socialized more. Even if it was just playing video games online with Timothy and Delilah..

"Dr. Mallard?" Jimmy asked weakly.

"Oh Mr. Palmer you are awake." Ducky replied.

"I am sorry." Jimmy replied.

"Don't feel bad Mr. Palmer. You were really hurting." Ducky replied.

"Hurting? I wasn't hurting I was late. Breena and I got caught up planning our wedding. I know you needed help with the attacks on the ships. Did we get any more bodies?" Jimmy replied.

"What is today's date Mr. Palmer?" Ducky asked.

"May 5th 2012." Jimmy replied.

A/N: Poor Jimmy he's going through what Gibbs went through in Hiatus. As of right now I am planning on having chapter 52 be the final chapter and be uploaded sometime on Friday. I will write a sequel soon though. Thanks for reading and please review.